History Trivia / StreetsOfFire

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, Ellen Aim is voiced by Creator/YurikoYamamoto, who already had experience being the DamselInDistress [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar kidnapped by thugs]].
* CreatorKiller: Co-writer Larry Gross was very upset by ''Streets of Fire'' bombing at the box office, and the film led to his cinematic career getting hooked off the stage until 1990.

* ActorAllusion: Michael Pare played another rocker the previous year's ''Film/EddieAndTheCruisers''.

** Creator/WillemDafoe's performance in this film is part of the rumors that he was one of the people targeted to play SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in ''Film/{{Batman}}''. Dafoe has denied this, but he ''was'' considered for the role of ''Batman''.
** Creator/TomCruise was the first pick for Tom Cody, but he took a role in another film before the producers could come to a deal with him. Likewise with Creator/DarylHannah, who was the first pick for Ellen Aim, but took a role in a different film instead.

* ReferencedBy: WordOfGod has confirmed that the phantom band the Disasters in ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' are a shout-out to both the Bombers and the Blasters in this movie. (Hell, there's even a member named Raven.)

** Dafoe's performance in this film is part of the rumors that he was one of the people targeted to play The Joker in ''Film/{{Batman}}''. Dafoe has denied this, but he ''was'' considered for the role of ''Batman''.

* TroubledProduction: Production went overbudget and overtime (a tent built to allow day-for-night shooting cost $1.2 million to build, and it took 4 weeks to shoot the sledgehammer fight between Cody and Raven), the negotiations for music rights held up production several times, most notably with Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Streets of Fire", which doesn't appear in the film due to Springsteen backing out of negotiations at the last second. Walter Hill was not used to filming musical numbers, and had serious trouble with them. Michael Paré was inexperienced with large productions, often feeling intimidated by Hill's directorial style and was constantly heckled by Rick Moranis through shooting.

* ShoutOut: WordOfGod has confirmed that the phantom band the Disasters in ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' are a shout-out to both the Bombers and the Blasters in this movie. (Hell, there's even a member named Raven.)

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: A ''double'' case; Originally, the ending sequence had Diane Land singing Music/BruceSpringsteen's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuSrPrJyz1k "Streets of Fire"]] - this was actually filmed. However, just before production finished, Universal admitted they wouldn't get the rights to the song by the release date. Hill then asked Steinman to write a replacement; he wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCIrPJ6SBl4 "Tonight Is What It Means to be Young"]] in ''two days.'' Hill wrote and shot the new ending in the few days remaining.

** Creator/WalterHill once claimed he wanted to make a trilogy of films about Tom Cody, but the film flopped and those plans went unfulfilled.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Willem Dafoe, Rick Moranis, Bill Paxton, Robert Townsend, Diane Lane, Ed Begley Jr.
** Voice actress Elizabeth Daily as Babydoll, the groupie. She's also Pee-wee's girlfriend in ''Film/PeeweesBigAdventure''
** One of the cops is Rick Rossovich, the ditzy firefighter in ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'' and Slider in ''Film/TopGun''
** [[Music/{{Fear}} Fear's Lee Ving]]. He was also Mr. Boddy in ''Film/{{Clue}}''
** Deborah Van Valkenburgh, the sister, was also Mercy in ''Film/TheWarriors'', another Creator/WalterHill film.
** Creator/MykeltiWilliamson. Bubba from ''Film/ForrestGump''.
** If "Nowhere Fast" and "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" have a familiar sound to them, it's because they were both written by Music/JimSteinman, lyricist and producer to Music/MeatLoaf.
** Lynne Thigpen as a subway engineer. She played the DJ in ''Film/TheWarriors'' and was the Chief in ''Series/CarmenSandiego''
** One of the Sorels is played by the black Agent Johnson in ''Film/DieHard''

** Deborah Van Valkenburgh, the sister, was also Mercy in ''Film/TheWarriors'', another Walter Hill film.

* ProductionPosse: Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Lynne Thigpen both had roles in Walter Hill's previous film ''Film/TheWarriors''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The [[http://www.mypdfscripts.com/screenplays/streets-of-fire second draft]] of the screenplay has two different songs, more dialogue and backstory supplied by Reva Cody, and a different sledgehammer fight.
** Walter Hill once claimed he wanted to make a trilogy of films about Tom Cody, but the film flopped and those plans went unfulfilled.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $14.5 million. Box office, $8,089,290

* ShoutOut: ** WordOfGod has confirmed that the phantom band the Disasters in ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' are a shout-out to both the Bombers and the Blasters in this movie. (Hell, there's even a member named Raven.)

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RickMoranis as Billy Fish, Ellen's surly manager. He isn't a tough guy, but he's got way more spunk than Moranis' other roles.

** Mykelti Williamson. Bubba from ''Film/ForrestGump''.

* PlayingAgainstType: RickMoranis as Billy Fish, Ellen's surly manager. He isn't a tough guy, but he's got way more spunk than Moranis' other roles.

* PlayingAgainstType: RickMoranis as Billy Fish, Ellen's surly manager isn't a tough guy, but he's got way more spunk than Moranis' other roles.

* PlayingAgainstType: RickMoranis as Billy Fish, Ellen's surly, '''''BADASS''''' obnoxious manager.

** Voice actress Elizabeth Daily as Babydoll, the groupie.

** [[Music/Fear Fear's Lee Ving]]. He was also Mr. Boddy in ''Film/{{Clue}}''

** Rocker Lee Ving. He was also Mr. Boddy in ''Film/{{Clue}}''

* PlayingAgainstType: RickMoranis as Billy Fish, Ellen's surly, obnoxious manager.